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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Old dog, old tricks: “According to Jim” returns … but why?
Boy, talk about a show with nine lives … OK, it has eight lives, but seriously, how many times do you suppose ABC can cancel “According to Jim” and then bring it back?
The old-fashioned, deeply annoying family sitcom starring Jim Belushi and Courtney Thorne-Smith returns tonight at 8 for its eighth season — after being axed at least three times during the course of that surprisingly long run.
“Scrubs” has had a similarly up-and-down run on NBC and come January, it will try its luck on ABC. But at least “Scrubs” is actually funny and deserves to live.
At a time when sitcoms range from lackluster to lame, “According to Jim” feels more like a place holder for something better. It’s not funny, but presumably it will fill 30 minutes on the schedule, until ABC comes up with something better.
I just wish Hollywood could get over the marital misery theme for a while.
New host for “Meet the Press?”
The Huffington Post claimed to break the news late Monday night that NBC White House reporter David Gregory will become the new host of “Meet the Press.” But NBC quickly countered that it was “not ready to make an announcement.”
Gregory, who anchored MSNBC’s presidential campaign coverage in the fall, has been a contributor to “Meet the Press” for years and was one of the names rumored to be in the running to replace the late Tim Russert.
Whether NBC just wants to make the announcement on its own terms or whether Huffington is just plain wrong is a mystery.
But we do know the new host will have to be named soon, because substitute Tom Brokaw is scheduled to end his duties after this Sunday’s broadcast.
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